Questions: How?

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After the who, the what, the why and the when, the inevitable next question has to be How?

As with When? and Why?, the question word for How? comes at the start of a sentence.

And that question word is:-

chay' How?

Some example sentences to illustrate the use of this word:-

jagh HIv tlhIngan	The Klingon is attacking the enemy
Suv tera'ngan	The Terran is fighting
Dochvam vIlo'	I am using this
Sojvetlh vISop	I'll eat that food
bIQal	You are swimming/ Qal swim is a new word
jura'	You are ordering me
chay' jagh HIv tlhIngan	How is the Klingon attacking the enemy?
chay' Suv tera'ngan	How does the Terran fight?
chay' Dochvam vIlo'	How do I use this?
chay' Sojvetlh vISop	How do I eat that food?
chay' bIQal	How do you swim?
chay' jura'	What are your orders?/ Literally: How do you order me?

You can also just say chay'? on its own as an exclamation, basically a chorthand way of saying What is going on?

Next, one way of answering this sentence - with words for quickly, honourably and so on. In the next lesson, you will be introduced for the first time to a new type of Klingon word - adverbials.

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